Friday, January 23, 2004

Bai Ling in Bangkok

Chinese-born Hollywood star Bai Ling was among the many celebrities visiting the Bangkok International Film Festival on opening ceremonies last night.

In Thailand, she's famous for her role as the love interest for King Mongkut in Anna and the King - even though that film (as well as The King and I) are officially banned because they are considered disrespectful of the King and the Royal Family.

Nonetheless, fans waiting alongside the red carpet shouted out "Tub Tim!" at the actress from such films as Red Corner, Wild Wild West and The Crow. No, that was not an insult. Tub Tim was the name of her character in the Jodie Foster-Chow Yun Fat adaptation of Anna Leowens' stilted and suspect view of Thai history. The video has been widely available from pirate vendors since it was released in 1999.

Bai Ling was appearing on behalf of her 2002 film, Face, which I understand is a comedy of some sort? Maybe I'll try to check it out.

She's also appearing the upcoming Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, which I think will be pretty good, as well as Star Wars III, which I will dutifully go see but won't have my hopes up.

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